At least for it's time Kung Fu was a bit 'different' in that it was about an Oriental monk (supposed to be American/Tibetan wasn't he?) but set in the late 19thC USA which refreshingly gave a slightly more accessible alternative to Bruce Lee (who was an utter Kung Fu god but no actor really) that quickly became stereotyped and relegated to X-rated certs in the cinema.

Anyway Carradine was very well cast in that and obviously relished playing unusual characters - so good luck to him in whatever Shangri-la he fetches up in

"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.” George Bernard Shaw

"the United States has been destroyed by a financial crisis and a military coup. Political parties have collapsed into a single Bipartisan Party, which also fulfills the religious functions of a unified church and state. The resulting fascist police state, the United Provinces, is headed by the cult figure "Mr. President""

What the US could have been like if Bush had been allowed to have three terms!

"It's better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong,remembering when you used to belong there" -Sneebs

poohbcarrot wrote:This is the background to his 1975 film, Death Race 2000.

"the United States has been destroyed by a financial crisis and a military coup. Political parties have collapsed into a single Bipartisan Party, which also fulfills the religious functions of a unified church and state. The resulting fascist police state, the United Provinces, is headed by the cult figure "Mr. President""

What the US could have been like if Bush had been allowed to have three terms!

very sad that an actor who gave so much pleasure as "Glass-hopper" should seemingly die in circumstances of auto-erotic pleasure. OK, so it may be a way to go with a smile on your face, but it detracts from any artistic career such a person may have had.

DC was a hero when I was a kid - glued to the TV for proper martial arts and in "Kill Bill" he reminded people what a cult hero he had been.